The driver of a lorry which overturned on the M11 causing traffic chaos is due to appear in court accused of drink driving.

Maris Voitkevics, 45, of no fixed address, was arrested on suspicion of drink driving after police said he blew a reading of 121microgrammes of alcohol in 100millilitres of breath - more than three times the legal limit of 35microgrammes.

The incident unfolded shortly after 10am on Saturday (November 25) on the M11 northbound, between junction 8 at Stansted Airport, and junction 9 at the A11 exit towards Newmarket.

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